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SALT LAKE CITY (July 2, 2015) - The State Election Office released the following statement in response to a pending initiative application titled &quot;Utah Term Limits for Appointed Executive Officials Act&quot;

SALT LAKE CITY - The Governor's Office of Energy Development and Chevron will launch the Utah Energy Workforce Scholarship Program to expand science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) educational opportunities for Utah students. The new energy education and workforce development program is aligned with the state's existing STEM curriculum.

The third-annual Love UT Give UT online giving campaign starts at midnight. The 24-hour initiative seeks to raise $2 million for some 500 Utah nonprofit organizations and schools. Utah Lt. Governor Spencer Cox speaks with the University of Utah mascot Swoop at the kickoff event for Love Utah Give Utah at the Capitol in Salt Lake City Friday, March 6, 2015.

SALT LAKE CITY (Jan. 30, 2015) ? Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox has challenged members of the Legislature to join him in a contest aimed at improving eating and exercise habits during the legislative session and setting an example to constituents about the benefits of eating right and staying fit.

Lt. Governor Cox, with the help of University of Utah and the Registration Roadies, will kick off the 2014 Road to Registration Tour, a new awareness campaign aimed at encouraging young Utahns to register, and ultimately, vote in the 2014 election.

SALT LAKE CITY ? Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox is taking steps to keep Utah at the forefront of voting accessibility and convenience, announcing today the formation of the iVote Advisory Committee. The committee will consist of state legislators and county clerks, as well as technology and security specialists, and will explore the possibility of expanding electronic voting to more voters throughout the state.

FAIRVIEW ? Spencer Cox once turned down Harvard for a less glamorous school and walked away from a lucrative job with a law firm to move back to his boyhood farm. So maybe we shouldn?t be surprised that he came within minutes of turning down an offer to be Utah?s lieutenant governor.

SALT LAKE CITY - Today Lt. Governor Spencer J. Cox made his decision that formal civil action is not necessary under the governing statute with the Election Office's investigation of Attorney General John Swallow.

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Lt. Governor Greg Bell announced this morning he is stepping down as Utah's seventh lieutenant governor. After four years in his present post and 23 years in public service, Bell has decided to return to the private sector.

Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell will award Salt Lake Community College with &quot;Utah's Election Campus Cup,&quot; Wednesday, February 13, 2013. This trophy recognizes their efforts to promote voter registration and education among students. The presentation will take place at 11:00 a.m. in the Student Events Center at SLCC's Redwood Road Campus in Taylorsville, Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY - Today is National Voter Registration Day, and with Election Day just 42 days away, the Utah Lt. Governor's Office is launching its mass media campaign to encourage all eligible Utahns to register to vote and become informed voters.

Salt Lake City - Today Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell announced the launch of the &quot;Find My Caucus Location&quot; tool on vote.utah.gov. The caucus location tool displays the date, time, and location of each participating political party's neighborhood caucus meeting by voting precinct.

KEARNS, UTAH - In front of what has been called the fastest ice in the world and the athletes who train on it, Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker joined other Utah officials and Olympic VIPs to announce the formation of an exploratory committee to consider a bid for the 2022 or 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Salt Lake City - Today Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell announced the launch of the Utah Political District Maps website. The website will display interactive maps of the State House, State Senate, State Board of Education and Congressional Districts recently passed by the Utah State Legislature. The districts represented by these maps take effect on January 1, 2012 for nominating and electoral purposes and on January 1, 2013 for all other purposes.

Salt Lake City - Following seven months of research and study, the 35 member Utah Agriculture Sustainability Task Force, led by Lt. Governor Greg Bell and Commissioner Leonard Blackham, is offering 29 recommendations that are expected to protect and enhance Utah agriculture. The recommendations generally call for the creation of new laws and policies at the federal, state and local levels that remove obstacles for safe and modern farming and ranching.

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah's online voter registration program, voter.utah.gov, was recognized as a top government-to-citizen website by the Center for Digital Government. Online Voter Registration is one of hundreds of services available online via Utah.Gov, the official website for the state of Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY - In recognition of receiving the Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Lt. Governor Greg Bell and the Utah Commission on Volunteers are honoring three outstanding Utahns on September 27th , 2011 with a private luncheon held in their honor.

SALT LAKE CITY - Lt. Governor Greg Bell has selected Cody Stewart to serve as his new Chief of Staff, beginning September 6. Paul Neuenschwander recently retired after having served as his Chief of Staff for the past two years.

SALT LAKE CITY - Lt. Governor Greg Bell and key state partners will announce the findings of the 2011 Volunteering in America report ranking Utah as the #1 volunteering state in the nation for the 6th year running.

SALT LAKE CITY - In an effort to keep Utah up-to-date with current technology, Lt. Governor Greg Bell announced the launch of the redesigned elections.utah.gov website today. The new site offers more fluid and user-friendly options for automated reminders of campaign finance dates, as well as improved social media integration.

Salt Lake City - Today, Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell released the attached letter to Utahns For Ethical Government (UEG) declaring they have not met all of the statutory requirements in qualifying their initiative petition for the general election ballot.

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell joined with other dignitaries from the State of Utah to break ground on a new affordable housing complex in downtown Salt Lake City at 309 East 100 South, on January 18, 2011.

SALT LAKE CITY - Utah Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker join together as co-chairs on January 6, 2011, at 11:30 a.m. at Memorial House in Memory Grove Park, 485 North Canyon Road, to kick off the Utah Civility and Community 2011 Initiative.

On November 22, 2010, the Utah Board of Canvassers certified election results for the 2010 General Election. Results show that 51 percent of registered voters participated in the election, the highest turnout for a midterm election since 1994.

The state board of canvassers will convene to certify the 2010 General Election results for all statewide/multicounty candidates and ballot propositions. Voter turnout is anticipated to be the highest for a midterm election since 1994.

Salt Lake City - The Utah Office of Tourism, an agency of the Governor's Office of Economic Development, launched its winter &quot;Life Elevated(R)&quot; advertising campaign during a Capitol news conference to promote Utah's skiing and &quot;The Greatest Snow on Earth(R).&quot; The $1.1 million campaign includes three new 30-second commercial spots that will rotate on 13 national cable networks beginning in January.

Between October 2008 and October 2009, hundreds of Utahns relived the personal stories of friends and family members who died from a fatal drug overdose to researchers from Utah Department of Health (UDOH).